I missed out four times on cels (in auctions at
the last minute) of D from the first Vampire
Hunter D movie, as they seem to be quite a bit
rarer than cels from Bloodlust. I thought it was
not to be.
I just wanted a nice cel of D with his hair, eyes
and sword visible. Thumbing through cel books at
AX this year I found him... (Many, many thanks
to Mark for a helpful whisper in the seller's
ear!)
What's neat about this cel is that D is dodging
and drawing his sword left-handedly, something he
does only twice - when Gimlet attacks him during
his first foray into Count Lee's castle and when
Rei attacks him after kidnapping Dan. I'm not
entirely sure (I haven't done a frame by frame
yet) but this cel might have been used in both
sequences! |